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Malta farming brings smile on faces of Chapainawabganj peasants

Roving Correspondent 2018-10-08 21:44:53

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Oct 8: Commercial malta farming has brought smile on the faces of hundreds of grassroots peasants in the district this season. Sources said BARI-1 malta variety is popular among th...

CU teacher on three-day remand

-- 2018-10-08 19:57:44

A court in Chattogram has granted a three-day remand to interrogate Maidul Islam, an assistant professor of Chittagong University (CU), in a case filed for making 'derogatory remarks' on Prime Ministe...

Fire guts factory, six warehouses in Munshiganj

-- 2018-10-08 10:05:16

A factory and six warehouses were gutted as a fire broke out at Komolaghat Bandar in Mirkadam municipality of Munshiganj early Monday. Zahurul Islam, a fireman at Munshiganj Fire Service, said the fi...

Growers eyeing good yield of early cultivated cauliflower

Our Correspondent 2018-10-07 21:49:23

RANGPUR, Oct 07: The early cultivated cauliflower growers under the district are expecting an abundant yield of their produce during this season due to congenial weather condition. Sources said the f...

Joypurhat farmers start harvesting BRRI-62, BINA-7 rice varieties

Roving Correspondent 2018-10-07 21:48:46

JOYPURHAT, Oct 07: Paddy farmers of the district are happy over the satisfactory yield of BRRI-62 and BINA-7 this season. High land is suitable for farming the paddy varieties. Growers are passing...

Construction of Sunamganj CJM court building goes on at a snail’s pace

Our Correspondent 2018-10-07 21:47:58

SYLHET, Oct 07: A 10-storey building for the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court is being constructed for easing the long standing sufferings of litigants as well as the lawyers in Sunamganj district to...

Illegal sand lifting from Jomuneshwari River goes on

Our Correspondent 2018-10-07 14:46:53

A section of unscrupulous people have continued lifting of sand from Jomuneshwari River at Pairadaho area of Milonpur union under Mithapukur upazila in Rangpur district, threatening erosion of river b...

Human-hauler hits, kills schoolgirl in C’nawabganj

-- 2018-10-07 12:41:24

A schoolgirl was killed as a human-hauler hit her on Nachole-Amnura road in Panditpur area in Nachole upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Kabita, 15, daughter of Golam Kabi...

Short-duration BRI-71 rice harvest starts in Nilphamari

Our Correspondent 2018-10-06 21:20:48

NILPHAMARI, Oct 06: Harvest of short-duration BRI-71 paddy is going on in full swing in the district.The newly-harvested paddy has already appeared in the local market and is selling at Tk 1,000 per m...

Sylhet-Tamabil-Jafflong highway in sorry state

Our Correspondent 2018-10-06 21:20:07

SYLHET, Oct 06: The Sylhet-Tamabil-Jafflong Highway has been in a dilapidated state for long with a number of potholes and cracks. Specially, the 17-km portion from Jaintapur upazila headquarters to J...

Natore rearers losing interest in buffalo farming

Roving Correspondent 2018-10-06 21:15:18

NATORE, Oct 06: People of Lalpur upazila in the district are losing their interest in commercial buffalo farming.Upazila livestock office source said buffalo rearing was popular among the poor across...

River erosion puts 10km area in Kanaighat at risk

-- 2018-10-06 20:56:02

Around ten kilometres of land along the Surma and Lova rivers in Kanaighat upazila are at the risk of erosion. The embankment along the Surma river and number of houses adjacent to it are being batte...

12 missing as trawler capsizes in Turag

-- 2018-10-06 11:44:11

At least 12 people are reportedly missing since Friday evening after a trawler capsized in Turag River of Ashulia. Fire-fighters from Tongi and Ashulia fire service stations have been engaged in resc...

Human hauler falls into ditch in Magura, killing one

-- 2018-10-06 10:59:16

A man was killed and five others were injured as a human hauler plunged into a roadside ditch on Magura-Jashore highway at Bhaina intersection in Magura Sadar upazila on Friday night. The deceased wa...

Liton takes RCC mayoral charge

-- 2018-10-05 20:20:38

AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, newly elected mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC), took his mayoral charge for the second time on Friday. Liton, who got a victory in RCC mayoral election on July 30, too...

Court sentences two to life term in Jhenaidah

-- 2018-10-05 15:53:30

A court in Jhenaidah convicted two people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for possessing drugs. The convicts were identified as Harunur Rashid, son of Abdul Goni of Jashore district, and...

One dies in truck-ambulance collision in Natore

-- 2018-10-05 11:49:07

A man was killed and four others were injured as they were in the ambulance that collided with a truck on Natore-Dhaka highway on Friday. The deceased was identified as Ayub Ali, according to a repor...

Two sisters crushed under train in B’baria 

-- 2018-10-04 21:12:52

Brahmanbaria, Oct 4 (UNB) -Two sisters were crushed under a train at Shimrailkandi under Bijaynagar upazila in Brahmanbaria on Thursday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Pushpa Akhter, 13, a...

Chilli farming exceeds target in Bogura this season

Our Correspondent 2018-10-04 21:07:08

BOGURA, Oct 04: Due to repeated bumper production previous year, chilli farming has exceeded target this season in Bogura district. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a target...

Rangpur growers see good yield of early cultivated radish

Our Correspondent 2018-10-04 21:06:15

RANGPUR, Oct 04: The growers of early cultivated radish in the district are hopeful about achieving a good yield of their produce during the current season due to a congenial weather condition and t...

CMP for 5-tier security measure on Durga Puja

-- 2018-10-04 16:43:52

Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has taken five-tier security arrangement to ensure peaceful celebration of upcoming Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community. “The...

Malta farming gains ground in B’baria

-- 2018-10-04 15:46:33

The farming of malta (sweet orange), a juicy citrus fruit enriched with vitamin C, is gaining popularity among famers in Brahmanbaria district as it yields good profit. The malta farming in the distr...

Six hurt in Pabna gas cylinder blast

-- 2018-10-04 14:13:04

Six people sustained injured in a gas cylinder explosion at the National Development Fair premises in front of Ishwardi Upazila Parishad office on Thursday. The victims are: Bappi, 35, a balloon vend...

Speeding van kills one in Keraniganj

-- 2018-10-04 11:45:33

A man was killed while another injured when a pick-up van hit a rickshaw in Keraniganj on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Shafiqul Islam, 52, son of Sohrab Hossain of West Rabishur....

Keraniganj road crash kills one

-- 2018-10-04 11:22:24

A man was killed while another injured when a pick-up van hit a rickshaw at Dakpara area in Keraniganj on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Shafiqul Islam, 52, son of Sohrab Hossain of...

Transplantation of T-Aman seedlings near completion in Sylhet region

Our Correspondent 2018-10-03 21:05:55

SYLHET, Oct 03: Farmers in Sylhet division are about to complete transplantation of T-Aman paddy cultivation in the region, DAE officials and farmers said. Already the DAE's target is surpassed by 3....

Faridpur farmers make good profit by growing spinach in summer

-- 2018-10-03 21:04:57

FARIDPUR, Oct 03 (UNB): While his fellow-villagers are engaged in traditional farming, Bachchu Mollah, a farmer of Sadar upazila, has come up with a unique idea - farming spinach in summer. His idea h...

Police arrest ‘JMB men’ in Meherpur

-- 2018-10-03 20:22:15

Police arrested four suspected activists of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) along with crude and molotov bombs at Fouzadari in Meherpur district early Wednesday. The arre...

Two children drown in Cumilla

-- 2018-10-03 18:36:40

Two minor boys drowned in a pond at Atakra village under Laksam upazila in Cumilla on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Mahi Uddin, 8, son of Foyez Ahmed and Md Mohan, 7, son of Safayetullah...

12 rivers swell, 80 fall

-- 2018-10-03 18:33:54

Water levels in 12 rivers stations, monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), have marked rise and 80 stations recorded fall. Among the 94 monitored water level stations, one is stead...